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Khinite from
Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Drift
Classification
Species:Khinite
Formula:Pb2+Cu32+[Te6+O6](OH)2
Habit:trigonal
Colour:emerald green
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Thorneite20 photos of Khinite associated with Thorneite at this locality.
Quartz20 photos of Khinite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Timroseite16 photos of Khinite associated with Timroseite at this locality.
Gold10 photos of Khinite associated with Gold at this locality.
Housleyite5 photos of Khinite associated with Housleyite at this locality.
Goethite4 photos of Khinite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Eckhardite4 photos of Khinite associated with Eckhardite at this locality.
Chrysocolla3 photos of Khinite associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Chlorargyrite3 photos of Khinite associated with Chlorargyrite at this locality.
Wulfenite3 photos of Khinite associated with Wulfenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Khinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (31 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:665938
Long-form Identifier:1:3:665938:7
GUID (UUID V4):4776d3cc-1ea7-4087-818c-cf220582b2cf
Nearest other occurrences of Khinite
0.1km (0.1 miles) Bird Nest E3, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.1km (0.1 miles) Ridge Ledge prospect, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) Library Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) SW cut, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) NE2 vein, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Aga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Aga Pit, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) E-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rare Secondary Tellurium Minerals Otto Mountain near Baker, California at Including Seven New Species...Species A mere six years ago Otto Mountain was completely unknown to the mineralogical world. That changed...the Aga mine on Otto Mountain. Within a week, he identified the green crystals as khinite using SEM-EDS...Southern California Friends of Mineralogy Mineral Localities Symposium, held at Shoshone, California, in late...interested enough to join in an exploration of Otto Mountain the following day. ROBERT M. HOUSLEY division
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2010 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: I. Ottoite, Pb2TeO5, a new mineral...History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Division...and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 3 Department...British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada 4 3457 E. Silver Oak Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 5 3898 S. Newport...tellurate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California. Most of the mining on Otto Mountain occurred between
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
secondary Te mineralization at the Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, California, USA ANDREW G. CHRISTY1,*, STUART...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA Division of Geological...Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA 53898 S. Newport Circle...Bountiful, UT 84010, USA 65199 E. Silver Oak Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA [Received 1 February...documented from Otto Mountain, California, and 18 of these from the Bird Nest drift sublocality. A paragenetic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new minerals from the central Mojave Desert, California, USA S. J. MILLS1,*, A. R. KAMPF2, A. G. CHRISTY3...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA Centre for Advanced...Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA 220 South Buena Vista... Redlands, CA 92373, USA 5199 E. Silver Oak Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA [Received 6 March 2014;...shaft, Blue Bell claims, near Baker, San Bernardino County, California, while cotype localities for mojaveite
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 2.512 (100), 4.403 (91), 1.570...1.05 10.65 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 5 electron microprobe...conditions. Association: Cerussite, chrysocolla, khinite, perite, quartz (Aga mine); andradite, chrysocolla...chrysocolla, cerussite, burckhardtite, galena, goethite, khinite, mcalpineite, thorneite, timroseite, paratimroseite...paratimroseite, quartz, wulfenite (Bird Nest drift); kettnerite, chlorargyrite (Blue Bell claims). Distribution:
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 2.614 (100), 2...92 100.00 (1) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 4 electron...Association: Khinite, cerussite, goethite, hematite. Distribution: From the Bird Nest drift, SW flank of...of Otto Mountain, near Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: Honors Jerry A. Baird (b...(b. 1940) of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA. Baird, a mineral collector for 45 years, has collected extensively
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Otto Mountain, near Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA. 3.174 (100), 2.597...86 1.10 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, near Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA; average electron microprobe... Association: Acanthite, cerussite, hematite, khinite, phosphohedyphane, thorneite, timroseite. Distribution:...Pit, SW Cut, Bird Nest drift, Bird Nest E3 vein, and the Library mine) on Otto Mountain, 2.5 km west...west northwest of Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA. Name: Honors Franz-Joseph Müller, Freiherr
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 5.94 (100), 2...47 100.00 (1) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; normalized average...housleyite, khinite, markcooperite, ottoite. Distribution: From the Bird Nest drift and Aga mine, Otto Mountain...Mountain, near Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: Honors Colonel Eckhard D. Stuart (b.... 1939) of Madison, Mississippi, USA., a mineral collector who has provided numerous samples for research
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.224 (100), 3...89 100.00 (1) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 3 electron...iodargyrite, khinite, wulfenite, housleyite, markcooperite, ottoite. Distribution: From the Bird Nest drift, southwest...southwest flank of Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA. Name: Honors...Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA (62257, 62258, 62259 and 62260)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2010 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: III. Thorneite, Pb6(Te6+ 2 O10)(CO3)Cl2(H2O)...History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Division...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 3 3457 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 1 AbstRAct Thorneite, Pb6(Te O10)(CO3)Cl2(H2O), is a new tellurate...tellurate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, named in honor of Brent Thorne. The new mineral occurs
Report (issue)
4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.015 (100), 3.055 (90)...71.77 28.23 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 5 electron microprobe...bromine-rich chlorargyrite, gold, iodargyrite, khinite, wulfenite, housleyite, markcooperite, thorneite...the Bird Nest Drift, Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA...locality, Otto Mountain, California, USA. Type Material: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2013 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: XI. Eckhardite, (Ca,Pb)Cu2+Te6+O5(H2O)...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Geosciences...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 5199 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 5 3898 S. Newport Circle, Bountiful, Utah 84010, U.S.A. 1 Abstract...is a new tellurate mineral from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, U.S.A. It occurs in vugs in quartz
Report (issue)
2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.235 (100), 2.873 (40)...34 31.50 . 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 5 electron microprobe...Association: Bromian chlorargyrite, iodargyrite, khinite-4O, wulfenite, housleyite, thorneite, ottoite,...the Bird Nest drift, southwest flank of Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County...County, California, USA. Name: Honors Mark A. Cooper (b. 1963), University of Manitoba, for his contributions
Report (issue)
Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 3.195 (100), 2.942 (80)...84 3.72 0.84 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 3 EDS analyses...Acanthite, cerussite, gold, hessite, iodargyrite, khinite-4O, wulfenite, thorneite, markcooperite, ottoite...the Bird Nest Drift, Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA...Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA. Type Material: Natural
Report (issue)
2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. 2.732 (100), 2.950 (88)...28.94 1.48 . 100.00 (1) Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA; average of 4 electron microprobe...chlorargyrite, chrysocolla, gold, housleyite, iodargyrite, khinite-4O, markcooperite, ottoite, paratimroseite, thorneite...the Bird Nest drift, southwest flank of Otto Mountain, ~2 km northwest of Baker, San Bernardino County...County, California, USA. At the Vesley mine, Granite Gap, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA. Name: Honors Timothy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2010 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: II. Housleyite, Pb6CuTe4O18(OH)2...Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 3457 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 3 3898 S. Newport Circle, Bountiful, Utah 84010, U.S.A. 1 ABstRAct...Pb6CuTe4O18(OH)2, is a new tellurate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, named in honor of Robert M. Housley...with acanthite, cerussite, gold, iodargyrite, khinite-4O, wulfenite, and three other new tellurates:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)4, from Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA A. R. KAMPF1,*, S. J. MILLS2...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA Department of Earth...Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA [Received 13 November...secondary Te minerals at Otto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA. It is very rare and occurs...discovery of larger crystals of munakataite at Otto Mountain afforded the opportunity to collect structure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2013 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: X. Bairdite, Pb2Cu42+Te6+ 2 O10(OH)2(SO4)(H2O)...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Geosciences...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 5199 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 5 3898 S. Newport Circle, Bountiful, Utah 84010, U.S.A. 1 Abstract...is a new tellurate-sulfate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, U.S.A. It occurs in vugs in quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2010 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: IV. Markcooperite, Pb(UO2)Te6+O6...History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Department...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 3457 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 5 3898 S. Newport Circle, Bountiful, Utah 84010, U.S.A. 1 AbStRAct...Pb2(UO2)Te O6, is a new tellurate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, named in honor of Mark A. Cooper
Report (issue)
Cu2+3PbTe6+O6(OH)2 Khinite Crystal Data: Orthorhombic or hexagonal. Point Group: 2/m 2/m 2/m or 32...001(9) X-ray Powder Pattern: Tombstone, Arizona, USA. 2.491 (10), 3.451 (9), 4.866 (8), 2.996 (7), 2.204...36.41 34.05 2.75 100.00 (1) Tombstone, Arizona, USA; insoluble quartz and chlorargyrite present but in...timroseite, paratimroseite, quartz, wulfenite (Bird Nest drift); acanthite, cerussite, gold, iodargyrite,...wulfenite, markcooperite, ottoite, thorneite (Otto Mountain). Distribution: From the dump of the Old Guard
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2013 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: VIII. Fuettererite, 6+ Pb3Cu2+...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Geosciences...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 5199 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 1 Abstract 6+ Fuettererite, Pb3Cu2+ 6 Te O6(OH)7Cl5, is a new...new tellurate from Otto Mountain near Baker, California, named for Otto Fuetterer who is largely responsible
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, near Baker, California, USA. 9.814 (100), 2.9455...78 6.00 100.00 (1) Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, near Baker, California, USA; average of 4 electron...hematite, khinite, pyrite, wulfenite. Distribution: From the Bird Nest drift, southwest flank of Otto Mountain...4 miles northwest of the Aga mine, near Baker, California, USA. Name: As the chromate analog of schieffelinite...Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA (63511). References: (1) Kampf,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2010 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: VI. Telluroperite, Pb3Te4+O4Cl2...History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Department...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 3457 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 5 3898 S. Newport Circle, Bountiful, Utah 84010, U.S.A. 1 AbStRAct...Pb3Te O4Cl2, is a new tellurite from Otto Mountain near Baker, California. The new mineral occurs on fracture
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2010 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: V. Timroseite, Pb2Cu52+(Te6+O6)2(OH)2...History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Department...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 3457 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 5 3898 S. Newport Circle, Bountiful, Utah 84010, U.S.A. 1 AbStRAct...)2, are two new tellurates from Otto Mountain near Baker, California. Timroseite is named in honor of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2013 Lead-tellurium oxysalts from Otto Mountain near Baker, California: IX. Agaite, Pb3Cu2+Te6+O5(OH)2(CO3)...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, U.S.A. 2 Geosciences...Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A. 4 5199 E. Silver Oak Road...Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, U.S.A. 1 Abstract Agaite, Pb3Cu2+Te6+O5(OH)2(CO3), is a new tellurate...tellurate from the Aga mine on Otto Mountain near Baker, California, U.S.A. The new mineral is known from only
 
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